FRANZ SCHUBERT Oktett in F-Dur op. 166 Ensemble Walter Boeykens

A tribute to Beethoven?
Schubert’s Octet has often been compared to Beethoven’s Septet, to which it quite obviously is a tribute. However, it is mainly the song composer who is expressing himself here, investing these late pages with a much less frivolous spirit than would appear on a first hearing…
This title was released for the first time in 1993.